29 



while we did start. The motion and the changing scene 

 turned the current of my thoughts, and I soon got over my 

 pet. 



Tuberoses ! I declare, I can smell them now. How 

 lovely they were ! Wish I could grow them. I wonder 

 whether he'll tell me if I ask him ? . Without another 

 thought, I boldly got up and went over and sat down in the 

 next seat behind the man whom I had thought so rude. 



"If you please, Mr. McTernan, I wish to ask your 

 pardon " 



" Pardon, ma'am ! for what? I was only telling ye for 

 your own good. You see, this is the way he does it," and 

 taking from his pocket a slip of paper, he handed it to me. 

 This is a copy of it : 



July 17. 

 CR. JAMES MCTERNAN. 



3 doz. Tuberoses $3 00 



4 " Buds 200 



6 " Heliotrope 1 00 



2 " Jasmine 1 00 



3 " Lilium Candidura 150 



Cut flowers . , . 3 00 



F. 2). $11 50 



" That is my bill. I brought those flowers in this morn- 

 ing, and that's what I got for them. Thomas puts his mark 

 on it, and then I shows it to Jane. She's the clerk. You 

 see they pay us by the dozen, so much for each sort. I'm 

 getting, as ye see, one dollar a dozen for my tubes. Now, 

 3* 



